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Newspaper
Batavia Herald
Location
Batavia, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1944
Page
1
Batavia marks the thirty second anniversary of Girl Scout organization with 220 girls learning citizenship and self-reliance. Yet 50 girls remain on waiting lists for leaders and meeting places, highlighting need for more women volunteers.
The Operadio Theatre Group of St. Charles announces the Victory Show for 14 with performances April 10 11 12 at Arcada Theatre to benefit the War Relief Fund. Tickets on sale from local businesses and cast members. general admission seven cents, reserved seats 35 cents extra, total 75 cents with seats 110. Loge balcony seats will be auctioned each night with 29 seats per night.
Rex Hogan, recently discharged from the U S Army with a medical disability, will entertain at the Civic Club meeting. He will sing South Pacific songs and tell stories from the Land Down Under, including "Ave Maria" and "Shortnin Bread" and other lesser heard tunes.
Local Board No 1 in Geneva has notified twenty three Batavia boys to report soon for pre induction physical examinations. The list names Nils Baltzar John Salis Jesse Hendrix Lloyd Kautz William Van Leer Glenn Johnson John Howaniee George Straw Albert Hosbach Harold Maves Joseph Fenske Kenneth Peddy Andrew Oleson Theodore Larson Bruner Buckner Willard Sipes Harry Ittner Harold Primm Stanley Moulding Raymond Kiefer Fred Woolcott Ralph Meyers and Floyd Meyers.
The W. S. C. S. of McKee Street Methodist church will sponsor a rummage sale on Wednesday March 15 at 123 Fox Street Aurora across from the YMCA.
All participants are urged to meet promptly at 2 30 this afternoon on Morton Street to march in the parade honoring Senator Arnold P Benson candidate for Secretary of State.
Batavia Highs varsity basketball ends season with a regional loss to Marmion 84 to 25. Millard Benson leads scoring for the year with 161 points, Floyd Meyers 157. Lightweights go 7 and 10. Dean Johnson tops them with 149 points. The second annual Basketball Carnival raises about 130 dollars for the trip to the State meet.
The campaign seeks 2313 jobs across 68 roles in the Fox Valley area to speed war efforts. In week one, 197 visitors and 89 inquiries brought 286 expressions of readiness to work, with many placements already made. Batavia office at 59 South Batavia Avenue handles worker placement.
The notice states March 14 is the last day for unregistered residents to register under the Permanent Registration Act to vote in the April primary. It requires address changes to be transferred by letter or in person at the County Clerk Charles Lowry’s office by March 14.
Any registered voter who changes her name by marriage must register anew and authorize cancellation of the previous registration.
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